Crop improvement and the accumulation and partitioning of biomass and nitrogen in lentil

Crop Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 110-120

  Whitehead, S J ^a   Summerfield, R J ^a   Muehlbauer, F J ^b   Coyne, C J ^b   Ellis, R H ^a   Wheeler, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP MANAGEMENT; CULTIVAR; FLOWERING; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; HYBRIDIZATION; LANDRACE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEED YIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 0033999782     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2000.401110x     Document Type: Article

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